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I’ve been planning a cactus collection for a few months now – I know I’m not exactly the first person to come up with the idea to make a crocheted cactus, but my idea was to make my designs more realistic than the cartoonish cacti I’ve seen before.

I always like to base my patterns on solid research so they look as realistic as possible, and when I started to investigate, I found a huge number of really interesting-looking cacti to crochetify: I started out sketching 8 different types, and then had so many great ideas for how to create them, I couldn’t decide which to cut!

I spent a lot of time developing different techniques and effects for each cactus, so I hope you can see that it’s not the same basic pattern with tweaks for size and shape here: each cactus is completely different from all the others.

8 plant designs plus 2 pots seemed a bit excessive for one pattern – that’s almost a book, not a pattern! – so my solution was to split the patterns over two cactus collections: you can buy your favourite collection without breaking the bank, or buy both (at a huge discount!) and mix-and-match cacti from each collection to create your perfect cactus garden.

Bonnie, that’s right, I sell the pattern (i.e. written instructions with photos) that explains how to crochet cacti of your own. I’m afraid I don’t sell finished items based on my patterns, but some of my customers do: you can find a list of their online shops and either see if any have any ready-made cacti in their shops, or commission someone to make you some (if you want), at https://www.planetjune.com/buytoys

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The cacti look great! I particularly like the Opuntia. I used to have a cactus that looked much like this, but had to throw it out because every time I brushed up against it, I got left with dozens of tiny sharp spines embedded in my skin that were impossible to remove. These cacti look much more friendly.

The exchange rate is pretty good at the moment, so I thought I’d take advantage of that and the facebook code and give them a go. I just need to find the time to finish off my tiny whale that I started a few months ago, then I’ll be right onto these 🙂 Expect a review sometime next year.

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